[meteorite-list] Cool Eisen-shale - Off Topic

From: j.divelbiss_at_att.net <j.divelbiss_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:21:08 2004
Message-ID: <20030725010006.082A953646_at_pairlist.net>

Bernd,

Being from the hills myself...my natural dumb-looked-on-my-face response would
be something like...

"Sooooo, collecting meteorites is like collecting long, but different German
words...then trading them on occasion when you have part-word duplicates?"

At least Mark Twain thought so. The German words really are scary looking. I'm
always inpressed with anyone who knows more than plane yold inglish like me.

As always Bernd...thanx for sharing!

John



> Hi Walter, Bob, Norbert and List,
>
> Gotta get this off my chest before heading for the bunk:
>
> > The German term would be "Scheinmeteorit" - alles klar ;-?
>
> Does this translate back into English like that:
>
> "all-clear shining meteorite" ???
>
> > "Schrecklicheschlackestienen" sounds familiar, too,
>
> Oh, I see: "shriekly slagstons"
>
> > although you won't find it in any dictionary...
>
> So let's publish one ... "it's now or never" ...
>
> Where have I heard these words before ? :-))
>
> Enjoying my first day of summer our vacations here !
>
> Off to bed before it's too led ... sorry "late" ...
>
> Bernd
>
> P.S.: After visiting Germany, Mark Twain once wrote
> in 1879 about "The Awful German Language":
>
> "These things are not words, they are alphabetical processions.
> And they are not rare; one can open a German newspaper any
> time and see them marching majestically across the page - and
> if he has any imagination he can see the banners and hear the

> music, too. They impart a martial thrill to the meekest subject.
> Whenever I come across a good one, I stuff it and put it in my
> museum. In this way I have made quite a valuable collection.
> When I get duplicates, I exchange with other collectors, and thus
> increase the variety of my stock.
>
> From: A Tramp Abroad (by Mark Twain)
>
>
> To: trifid_at_timewarp.de
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> meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com
>
>
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